The Latest Breaking News from Port of Newcastle

Port of Newcastle unfairly constrained under secret state rules: report

State government legislation preventing the establishment of a container terminal at the Port of Newcastle not only hindered the port's development but also the efficiency of Australia's ports network, an Australian Productivity Commission report says.

Newcastle Herald · Sep 15, 2022

Give Newcastle's fields and ovals a sporting chance to recuperate

It is we, the local residents, who clean up all the mess that people leave behind.

Newcastle Herald · Sep 6, 2022

Workers share stories to help fight mental health stigma

"I just hope it breaks down the stigma, and that people know there is help out there."

Newcastle Herald · Aug 31, 2022

Port of Newcastle ready for lift-off

The Port of Newcastle's diversification plans have taken a major step forward with the arrival of two Liebherr mobile harbour cranes.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 2, 2022

Harbour Lives: Honeysuckle blossoms with buildings by the water

A few decades, it was a lamented stretch of the harbour that looked unloved and was largely unpeopled, but these days residential and commercial buildings are sprouting along the foreshore at Honeysuckle, providing waterfront homes - and a point of debate.

Newcastle Herald · Jul 30, 2022

Lydia's clean sweep for harbour's floor

In a busy working harbour constantly dealing with sediment build-up, especially after floods, Port of Newcastle has introduced a new vessel to sweep the floor and help keep the main channel ship-shape.

Newcastle Herald · Jul 27, 2022

Port tells farmers container terminal would save billions

Port of Newcastle has told the NSW Farmers' annual conference that a full-scale container terminal in Newcastle would save producers $2.8 billion over 30 years.

Newcastle Herald · Jul 20, 2022

NSW Labor pledges to get Hunter manufacturing rolling again

The state's shadow treasurer Daniel Mookhey says the Lower Hunter could undergo a renaissance as a rail manufacturing hub with the right government support.

Newcastle Herald · Jun 27, 2022

Newcastle in line for clean energy innovation hub

An Australian-first clean energy technology hub with the potential to employ hundreds of people has been earmarked for the land owned by the Port of Newcastle.

Newcastle Herald · Jun 24, 2022

Cranes to lift Port of Newcastle's container terminal ambition

Two large harbour cranes are bound for Newcastle from Germany, with the port's chief executive Craig Carmody hoping the facility not only lifts up to 40,000 containers a year but shifts attention onto the long running issue of the Port of Newcastle feeling constrained to build a larger terminal because…

Newcastle Herald · Jun 22, 2022